Transport in Iraq

{{main|Iraqi Republic Railways}}

total:

2,272 km

standard gauge:

2,272 km {{RailGauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}

For more than two decades there have been plans for building a metro system in Baghdad. It is possible that part of the tunnels have been built, but that they are now used for military, shelter, hiding, and escaping purposes. U.N. inspectors have heard of the tunnels for years, but have not found their entrances. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030223042330/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/21/60minutes/main541565.shtml?cmp=EM8707] [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050923225412/http://osamuabe.infoseek.livedoor.com/subway/mappage/constmap/baghdad.jpg map] [http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/declassdocs/dia/19961031/961031_950719_22010825_93a.html] [http://english.pravda.ru/world/2003/01/27/42583.html] In November, 2008, an overground service dubbed the Baghdad Metro began service. Local government in Baghdad is arranging feasibility studies for the construction of two new underground lines{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/urban-rail-progress-in-najaf-and-baghdad.html

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|title=Railway Gazette: Urban rail progress in Najaf and Baghdad

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A 37 km monorail is planned in Najaf, which would link three Shi'ite holy sites.

The first Iraqi Republic Railways train to Basra since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime arrived on 26 April 2003. British troops hope to use the 68 km long railway to transport much-needed aid supplies from the port town of Umm Qasr to Basra.

In June 2011, it was announced that planning had begun for a new high-speed rail line between Baghdad and Basra, with a memorandum of understanding with Alstom having been signed.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13909905 | title=Iraq: France's Alstom signs high-speed rail line deal | publisher=BBC News | date=24 June 2011 | access-date=27 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627032731/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13909905 | archive-date=27 June 2011 | url-status=dead }}

• [http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3dee2c850.pdf UNHCR Atlas Map]
• [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iraq.pdf UN Map]

All adjacent countries generally use {{RailGauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}, but may vary in couplings. Neighbours with electrified railways – Turkey and Iran – both use the world standard 25 kVAC

• {{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey – via Syria
• {{flagicon|Iran}} Iran – one link partially under construction and a second link planned
• Iraq-Iran Basra-Shalamcheh line – almost complete (2006)
• Kermanshah, Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diyala – construction commenced. {{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
• {{flagicon|Kuwait}} Kuwait – no railways
• {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia -
• {{flagicon|Jordan}} Jordan – partially constructed – break of gauge {{RailGauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}/{{RailGauge|1050mm}} gauge
• {{flagicon|Syria}} Syria – same gauge – at Rabiaa/al-Ya'rubiya

An overland trans-desert bus service between Beirut, Haifa, Damascus and Baghdad was established by the Nairn Transport Company of Damascus in 1923.

{{main|List of Highways in Iraq}}

total:

44,900 km

paved:

37,851 km,

unpaved:

7,049 km (2002)

5,729 km (Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River 1,899 km, Third River (565 km)); Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km. The channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; the Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf War.

crude oil 5,432 km; natural gas 2,455 km; refined products 1,637 km; liquid petroleum gas 913 km

• Umm Qasr Port
• Khawr az Zubayr
• Al Basrah has limited functionality
• Grand Faw Port (Under construction)

total:

32 ships (with a volume of {{GT|1,000|disp=long}} or over) totaling {{GT|606,227}}/{{DWT|1,067,770|metric|disp=long}}

ships by type:

cargo ship 14, passenger ship 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 13, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off ship 2 (1999 est.)

{{main|List of airports in Iraq}}

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Iraq has about 104 airports as of 2012. Major airports include:

• Baghdad International Airport
• Basra International Airport
• Mosul International Airport
• Erbil International Airport
• Sulaimaniyah International Airport
• Najaf International Airport

20 (2012)

• Iraq
• Iraqi Republic Railways

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